The Scandalous Lady W
An Eighteenth-Century Tale of Sex, Scandal and Divorce

In 1775, a shallow young baronet married an eighteen year old lady with far more money than looks or learning. They lived tolerably well together for a few years, until at last Lady Seymour Dorothy Fleming Worsley ran away with their mutual friend, Maurice Bisset. The lovers hoped Sir Richard Worsle......more

Research, how I love research - even when it turns out not to be what I was expecting! The treatment that history has doled out to women never fails to astound me - and to get me bristling with both anger and ideas. Not two hundered years yet since the Married Women's Property Act finally allowed us......more

Being both in the grip of a current obsession for consuming everything I can about England in the 18th century and also being a huge gossip, The Scandalous Lady W seemed almost tailor made for me. I found this book after inhaling the first two seasons of the Harlots TV series and noticing it was wri......more

3.5 stars rounded down. We lost the thread toward the end. The exciting and interesting part of this book was the affairs, the politics and gossip and reputation. Seymour was a fascinating character, and the relationship between her, her husband, and her lover hooked me. After 70% or so, the court ca......more